Dad Shah
| Dad Shah | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Reza Shah | Dad Shah, Mir Abdi,Overlords and Tribal Leaders | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| Unknow | Unknow | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| Unknow | Unknow | ||||
In Iranian Balochistan, the people were under tighter control, The Shah’s was an oppressive administration. But people like Daad Shaah, who is a folk hero for his fight against the Iranian Monarch in the fifties were given full praise by the minstrels and poets. In a long poem, Jan Muhammad Baloch mentions the exploits of Mir Daad Shaah and his determination and courage in fighting the Iranian troops
The poem starts with the statement that Daad Shaah was living peacefully in Nillag village until the Iranian interference. Aggrieved, Mir Daad Shaah took to the mountains and fought troops superior in arms and strength. The poem also narrates the bravery of his wife, Bibi Hatun, who fought alongside Mir Daad Shaah Balochi, Karachi, in its issue of March 1958, announced that it intended to bring out a special issue on Mir Daad Shaah.
In a note by the editor, the paper regarded Daad Shaah as one of the greatest of Baloch heroes who had laid down their lives for the great cause
Eulogizing him, the paper expressed the hope that the long struggle, in which the Baloch would offer more sacrifice, will continue. On the political front, Mir Abdi, who opposed to the Shah’s policies in Balochistan, went into self-exile in Iraq. Quite a few educated Baloch joined him in an effort to streamline the national struggle.
Mir Abdi was however persuaded by the Shah to return to Iran where, he was given privileges. With Iraqi support, the Baloch intelligentsia continued their campaign for an independent Balochistan, and broadcasts from Radio Iraq directed towards Pakistan and Iran had a certain educational impact on the people. However, with Iran-Iraq agreement in 1975, which deprived the Iraqi Kurds of the Shah’s support, the Iraqis for their part also withdrew assistance for the Baloch dissidents, and their access to the publicity media came to an abrupt end.
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By Mordechai Nisan Published 2002 McFarland & Company History / General History 341 pages ISBN 0786413751